Experiences of Virtual

Mobility in the NKUAS

Degree Programme of

Business Information

Technology

Ms. Kaija Tuomainen

Mr. Jarmo Talvivaara

Degree Programme of

Business information

Technology

www.pkamk.fi

Business IT Programme, North Karelia UAS

Courses in English offered to students of Partner

Institutions (examples & experiences)

International Module

Web conference lectures to/from partners

Electronic Payments Workshop – study trip + virtual

mobility

CONTENTS

W h o a n d W h e r e a r e W e ?“Learn. Study. Teach. Develop. Wherever you are.”

BIT – Business Information Technology

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).

IT & Business competences combined.

Variation & Focus: Web apps and services

development. Game programming. Electronic

Commerce and virtual organizations management.

The complete degree can be studied ONLINE.

One question:

WHY?

Proactive stance for

global change of work and learning?

BIT – Business Information Technology

“The complete degree can be

studied ONLINE” ??

International “virtual” co-operation –

what could it mean?

• Courses in English to students of partner institutions.

– eg. XML, BPM, EAI, DW/BI, Game Programming

– Core competences & multi culturality (languages, ICC)

• Joint courses on a common platform (Moodle).

– In addition to Moodle, we can offer eg. Adobe Connect, Xen Desktops.

• Web conferences, online lectures and other forms of virtualteacher/expert exchange.

– What this ”other forms” could mean to you?

• Curriculum development/ development of teaching materials.

– Great promise of specialization and variety.

• Combination of an Intensive Programme + virtual participation

– Internationalization at Home.

Electronic Payments Workshop 2010, Joensuu

Possible areas of joint expertise:

• CASE: International module 30 ECTS credits

– Testing

– Content on usability - online lectures of company experts

– Business Law, International Trade Law, Logistics, Data warehousing

– Business Process Modeling, ERP

– The Framework: Process Modeling, Enterprise Application Integration, Data warehouses and Business Intelligence, Organizational Simulation

• Online courses, lectures and workshop (2009: Business Intelligence analytics projects, case: SQL Server SSAS/SSRS)

• Distance participation in an international workshop (2010: Electronic Payments)

• Additional “instruments” for teacher exchange: pre – during – post. (case: Moodle in BPM course for orientation/preparation, Q&A’s, reflection)

International “virtual” co-operation –

previous attempts and experiences

Using NING etc. for getting organized

in our workshop

1. How the learning processes change in elearning,

”process visibility”.

2. Management & development of elearning services.

3. Need of a ”Virtual Campus”.

4. Enhancing cooperation with working life and international partners.

International “virtual” co-operation –

questions we´re interested in

And first of all:

LET’S DO IT - together?

THANKS!!

Questions? Comments?

kaija.tuomainen@pkamk.fi

jarmo.talvivaara@pkamk.fi

”Future Workshop”

Premise: a radical change in learning and global working life

So let our brains storm!

=> How do we meet these challenges and opportunities?

=> utilizing “Virtual mobility in education”?

Some questions to discuss and elaborate:

• What are our common challenges to be overcome?

• What are our possibilities, potential, strengths?

• How do we increase cooperation in teaching?

• Additional thoughts?

– How could we utilize …working life collaboration?

– … research and innovation?

– … other forms of cooperation?